Tiny Red Mite

This is a set of macro photographs of a Tiny Red Mite.  I took these macro photographs with a Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon MP-E 65mm 1x-5x lens.  This Tiny Red Mite was about the size of a grain of salt.

http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=35814

Orange and Black insects on Bluebonnets

These are some macro photographs or orange and black insects on bluebonnets.  I took these macro photographs with a Canon 5d Mark II and a Sigma 180mm lens.

http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=35861

Mother Spider with hundreds of babies

I found this mother spider with egg sacks.  I waited two weeks until the eggs hatched.  Hundreds of babies could be seen around the eggs.  I took these macro photographs with a Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon MP-E 65mm 1x-5x lens.

http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=35868

Unknown Red and Black Beetles

I found these ed and lack bug nymphs in my back yard.  They were in 5 clumps and each clump had hundreds of bugs.  I am not sure what species they are.


http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=35947

Paper Wasp photographs

These are some Paper Wasp Photographs I have taken.  Paper Wasp make nest usually around houses in the corners of the house.  Paper Wasp will defend their nest if it is disturbed.  This macro photographs where shot with a Canon 5D Mark II and a Sigma 180mm lens.

http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=35963

Alligator Snapping Turtle

These are some Alligator Snapping Turtle Pictures.  The Alligator Snapping Turtle is the Largest freshwater turtle in North America.  There is only one other freshwater turtle in the world that is similar in size to the Alligator Snapping Turtle and its the Chinese softshell.

http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=36031

Mosquito sucking my blood

This is an article about Mosquitoes and their is a video at the end of a mosquito sucking my blood.  Everyone ask me "Arnt you scared your going to get a disease?"  The truth is we get bit by mosquitoes all the time and this one extra one that I let bite me isn't going to really make a difference.

http://www.infobarrel.com/Macro_video_of_a_mosquito_sucking_my_blood